pro-government forces continue the siege of bani walid the last bastion no colonel gadhafi supporters of the country marks one year since his regime fell. for and for chris presidential rivals barack obama talks syria iran and other flashpoints in politics. in this debate seen by many as protocol in this election governor romney and president obama were on the same page on pretty much everything all we're back in just a few moments with more. insecurities heightens in lebanon following undress sponsored

by the death of a top intelligence tree putting the country on the brink of sectarian conflict. international news and comment live from moscow this is all she with me hello and welcome to the program libyan government cling to militias stepping up the sort of the country's opposition stronghold bani walid the people under siege say the blockade at sea she is being pummeled with gas filled bones a word of warning for you you may find these things we're about to show you disturbing this is who remains constant from vital supplies the violence has sparked mass protests with people demanding amends to see all this comes exactly a years since the regime of lawmakers down the officially collapsed.

people are talking about the shortage of labor food and medical supplies the footage fed by the road shows just what kind of carnage we're dealing with children young people old people women to maim and dead their arms their limbs torn off half of their faces blown off and a lot of these images had to be edited out of the gruesome nature. to remember that this is the town which has been under siege from pro-government forces for more than two and a half weeks now here on after his demise let's have a look at how today's libya is different from the libya of moammar gadhafi because it was accused. of his opponents of using chemical weapons against those who disagreed with his regime during the standoff with the rebels in libya he was accused of purposefully cutting off food and humanitarian aid and water supply from citizens from residents of towns and villages which were in the midst of intense

fighting let's take a look now as to the democratically elected government the western media likes to portray it to mean rights watch has said that they have followed conclusive proof of dollar fee associates being massively executed a bad the rebels or by the militias affiliated with the new government the results of the alleged use of talks in gas against people holed up in the town of bani walid. now a year on after it does seem like none of the stability or freedom or justice or peace that was talked about are actually in place in libya and that the country remains an abode of chaos. solving syria and iran while maintaining the u.s. military dominance barack obama and me troll me a lot has in their final pre-election debate the incumbent president bit of his foreign policy record against the republican candidates like a one as the challenger tried hard to stay on the offensive but failed according to

paul's she's going to watch proceedings from washington for us. this debate showed that the candidates agree on a lot of things on some issues they were almost in sync with one another even using the same words it seemed the occasional big ring that happened between them was more for the sake of the debate rather than about real differences in the policies that they propose on iran for example they couldn't agree more with each other they were absolutely on the same page with regards to putting sanctions on iran with regards to backing israel they were saying exactly the same things but president obama did say something interesting he said he was against the premature military action against iran governor romney's a vase of response to the same question suggested that he doesn't want to go there either he said i don't want to get into hypotheticals so then on of get is that governor romney showed himself as an added we could have the president's policies

there he said that he thinks the surge was successful and that as the president of the united states he too would bring the troops home in twenty fourteen something that president obama says he's going to do on syria though they both agree that the u.s. should get rid of outside and make sure that the next government in syria is friendly to the united states they both agreed although they did disagree on whether or not the u.s. should give heavy weapons to the rebels in syria that's what governor romney suggested whereas president obama at least seems to recognize the complexity of the situation on the ground take a listen for us to get more intense bold militarily in syria is serious stuff and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping the we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or our allies in the region to a more general point governor romney kept using the word opportunity when talking about the revolutions in the middle east and north africa when talking about syria

and it's very telling of the foreign policy that he's suggesting is very opportunistic with regards to syria he basically said that the u.s. should take advantage of the. crisis in syria to deliver a defeat to iran syria's an opportunity for us because syria plays an important role the middle east particular right now syria is iran's only ally in the arab world it's their route to the sea it's the route for them to arm hezbollah in lebanon which threatens of course our ally israel and so seeing syria remove assad is a very high priority for us the candidates did mention russia on a few occasions although there was no specific question about russia of course that hot mike moment came up the one between president obama and. this spring when the u.s. president suggested that he would be more flexible to discuss america's missile defense plans in europe after the election and for that remark the president has come under an avalanche of criticism in washington criticism that came down to this basically how dare you be flexible with the russians or want to talk to them about security

issues and governor romney during this debate has made a similar point of clear eyes on this i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr putin and i'm certainly not going to say to him i'll give you more flexibility have to election after election you'll get more backbone the missile defense shield in europe is a longstanding sore point in the relations between the two countries moscow suggested many times resolving the issue by building the shill together but to no avail the only response russia has been getting from this administration was don't worry it's not against you but then they listen to candidate romney who calls russia an enemy and virtually every statement on russia that candidate romney has made so far has actually played into the concerns that moscow has with regards to this schildt because russia then says ok president obama we believe you but what if maybe not this year but four years from now so along with the mindset of governor romney is elected president how is he or she going to use those military bases so

close to the washroom borders because that chilled is not a four year project it's a long running thing and despite. this administration's more forthcoming official latitude the issue still stands. so drools debates stealing the show believing third possible residential kind of the sidelines and barred from taking part on equal terms he's helping turn the tables by offering doubt that have names on the ballot a platform for discussion and you can watch that debate live in america on our website later on tuesday. this presidential election is not just about obama and romney there are also third party candidates on the ticket and they will influence its outcome see a debate among this nation's major third party candidates right here on our t.v. over twenty thirty.

in the bin and security forces in full combat gear and armored vehicles are patrolling the capital very to force gunmen off the streets clashes continued into tuesday in the country's northern city of tripoli as well where eight people have been killed than west was sparked by the killing of a top lebanese intelligence chief last week on his policy of reports. there were sporadic clashes in the northern lebanese city of tripoli this between two neighborhoods one that supports the syrian president bashar assad and another that supports the opposition and the other day and continuing until now we have seen armed gunmen from both sides patrolling the streets and this has stoked fears of an increase in sectarian tensions events in syria have brought to the fore the sectarian lines that lebanese suffer from it's brought to the for both their allegiances and tensions you have essentially the march eighth bloc that is led by

hizbullah that supports the syrian president bashar assad backing it out with the march the fourteenth movement that is seen as western backed it's also a movement that supports the syrian opposition ever since the assassination in two thousand and five of the former prime minister rafik hariri these two forces have been coming to the fore and we see that happening again now over the assassination back on friday obvious high ranking lebanese intelligence officer but what people tend to forget is that it is not in syria's interest to have been involved in this attack on friday you also need to remember that on sunday there was a suicide bombing in damascus itself that lift some thirteen people killed so what we're hearing is more voices saying that this attempted blaming syria is merely a detraction from who the real culprits are and it is an attempted essentially just provoking the situation people saying that not since refrigerator was assassinated

more than seven years ago has there been such real concern on the ground here in lebanon that there could be a mother civil war so certainly the mood here is incredibly tense. still ahead for you in the program all set and ready to go the next international space they strap saying last stop the countdown takes by we're poor from the site of the final preparations. spays got to learn to receive them. it is rating agency just a week before an election focusing on the possibility of independence from the debt stricken central government this story and much more after the break. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first.

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this is our sea welcome back and it is has cut the credit ratings of catalonia and four other spanish regions to below investment grade this comes as a spanish parliament begins debating twenty eight thirteen budget spending cuts letters which have already caused thousands to hit the streets are protests. and for more on this story let's not talk where they stand pedre an associate professor from grade one college university i think so welcome to the program see you are in the drake tell us what's the attitude of people in the capital towards what's going on with the nation's finances. it's difficult to say because they. have not been legalized. last night for example. headquarters surrounding the parliament of spain were really prepared by the police to freeze protesters it's so uncertain what he's going to have to date actually no one can see how many people

are going to show up or how the. police reaction will be. yes regarding the top twenty thirteen budget is based primarily on spending cuts is that chance it will be well received by they did illusion to people that. well the problem is that those are not going to be discussed in the parliament given the absolute majority of the popular parity. which is a government now. in the main opposition party that is facing a huge crisis and general crises after the defeat for the in the last year in this week and in the last to reach your normal election. country so maybe minority parties would have enough to bark or to do rather disapproved of the people in the street. it's. it's uncertain i mean the course of the events will be developing by their own dynamics i suppose depending

on how many people there are of the attitudes. and they will know why you're losing your street violence would happen maybe that is not the intention. of the authorities as it was proven in the previous when your station where the police were the first walked out the protesters said a problem this is the reason why many people in catalonia and the basque country have voiced a desire to break from the central government s.k. push out the economic hardship so can they survive on their own. well what the audience must understand what the rest of the world must understand is that the political correct that the economic crisis in spain is coming to a huge political currency crisis the institutions which we have unity during the transition where ok during a few decades they are deploying objects extra. new people don't

feed the new the new profile of their voters don't feed into into that institutional arrangements so. that territorial programs their problems we see. a future independence of the basque. even the valleys one countries is just a must be understood in this institutional crises which i insist it goes together. with the economy want to be able to survive i don't know if it will depend on the form of state in this state the institutional. reform. future countries with. their leaders now talking about a nation in you rock. a big show some powder are so said professor today who on college university many thanks indeed for your time sir. and in other news now

a bomb attack as a police checkpoint on the border between russia's republics of north ossetia and in the shadows here has killed one policeman and wounded four other officers the blast occurred when police stopped a car traveling from india shetty a full inspection the checkpoint was demolished by the explosion the interior minister russia's republic of north the city had visited the scene where an investigation is now underway. a live online blog from hundreds of kilometers above earth and set it to goldfish in orbit just some of the features of the next shift at the international space station and just an hour and a half the new crew blast off on a shiny new so use craft and with final preparations underway lisa comfort have had a chance to meet those strapping in for the ride. blasting off into the heavens for mission control it's now a routine trip but for these men it's their first mission to the international space station and their debut journey aboard

a soyuz rocket. a day before liftoff russian cosmonauts levinsky if they need to reel again and u.s. astronaut kevin ford met the press. each of us has piloted an airplane we've only send rockets down now will have to fly up into space inside i'm not feeling i think is one we simply won't forget to be at the top of this joint missile construction and beneath you is so much power that even thinking about it is a bit terrifying. it's a fear their families know all too well at this is not. of course it's worrying we're nervous after all this is their first flight to space. there's no question i think that every man must have a purpose for which is tribes and one here choose this girl who finds happiness but in reality i think amounts to happen as they explain when he chooses goal and has close ones waiting for him at home it will take about two days for the soyuz rocket to reach the station where the team will live and work for the next six months

their first week will be a busy one. every week. we will tasks include a space walk to repair station equipment as well as returning the world's first commercial cargo space ship back to earth but intense training has prepared them for the tasks ahead getting that rocket off into space may be an act of precise science but here and baikonur tradition and faith play a role to a tree planting ceremony is one of the many soyuz crew traditions each crew member also signs a wall here in baikonur space museum meanwhile in accordance with local custom a russian orthodox priest has blessed the rocket and the media. you're both up in the heavens and. here in earth the space program is one of the few things that brings countries together at a time of global and rest for backup crew astronaut chris cassidy that's exactly how it should be when you're up on the space station you were down on the plane and

you see the beautiful blue browning clouds but no borders there and i think that's the most and give of the space program is. lucy catherine of r.t. baikonur. and demetrius here next to the ninety the latest business update three trade the big awards now b.p. tie up as paving the way for even more deals right that's right so now that basically this whole partnership issue with t.m. k.b.p.s. out of the question ross they have to be here now saying that they will be discussing more deals as partners not as basically shareholders in each other's projects well that's after basically rosneft agreed to buy out b.p.'s stake k b p the first largest oil company has been co owned by b.p. and russian partners they are at the end of the day b.p. will get twelve billion dollars in cash and twenty percent of rosneft shares and the other half of the company will be bought by from a for around twenty eight billion dollars. of basically this deal will

result in ros now becoming the world's largest publicly traded or oil company controlling around fifty percent of russia's oil exports but. from brand cap says this does not reverse the government schools for privatization. first of all even in these particular transaction rules they have to go as is selling down about five point seven percent stake i think the government has committed and reconfirmed the recently in its plans for a further privatizations in the in the economy including oil and gas so i think this is an intermediate step. created aimed at adding value to the assets that will be potentially sold off so i don't exclude privatizations in the future in the think overall trend should not be. materially changed from after this deal actually arrives quickly take

a look at what's happening on the markets in russia they're falling around point seven percent as you can see there but after rawson after now is that the company would still be paying twenty five percent of its profits in dividends stock short point seven percent so it's doing better in the market over in europe we're seeing a bit of gloom a second day in a row with the footy and the dax declining within one percent not much action there the volumes are lower than usual. russia's business climate is apparently improving it's doing business rating has moved up not just over the past year and according to latest report by the world bank russia is in wow one hundred twelve place. this makes it stand between the pacific island states of palau and the central american salvador earlier president putin gave the government the task of improving russia's rankings according to the plan russia will aim to jump to fifty

years place in three years basically it's going all right we will be back in fifty five minutes time with another update of the business news coming up next we look back at the tragedy the moscow theater siege ten years. it won't come to the. cricket solar powered this month the moon is the center of our universe the tides are forever while the sun's rays can be fickle innovative

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